Posts Tagged ‘online shopping’

Watch Me Find the Best Deals Online!

I’ve found myself newly rejuvenated by the idea of shopping online.  Why?  Well, I’ve started shopping smart.  I know that is pretty vague.  Let me explain a bit.  We all know that Amazon is one of the biggest online sellers in the world.  That’s true for a very good reason.  They are reliable (a HUGE plus), and they sell just about anything you can imagine.  BUT there is something even better that I’ve only recently considered. DOH!!!

best deals1.  They often have outrageously discounted items for sale.  I never realized how big the discounts could be, but after doing a bit of research, I’ve found that I can easily find deals with discounts of over 80% sometimes.  Not too shabby, and a great way to stock up on items I either want for my family or that I want to put away for future presents.  CLICK HERE to see an example, and be sure to check out the original prices!

2.  I also have found that I’m able to do a little research and dig up the most popular items that have a TON of reviews, a high user satisfaction score, and competitive prices.  This has already helped me out quite a bit in my quest to get good stuff for less money.  You will definitely want to check these out.  Be sure to note the reviews as well as the discount percentage!

My new mission is to provide my readers with this very useful information.  I’ll be posting regular updates on the both the best deals I’ve found, as well as short write-ups about what the hottest products are for the current week.  Can you do this on your own?  Yep.  It will probably take you several hours though.  I’m going to show you what I find for free.    Keep your eyes open as I start the process of sharing this information.  It should make your shopping quite a bit easier.

What’s in it for me?

Ahhh…  There’s the question.  Well, I’d like to think that I’m a pretty nice person, but there is a benefit for me.  You see, I’m signed up as an Amazon associate.  That means if you come here and use one of my links to the products I dig up, I get a commission.  Amazon doesn’t charge you anything extra.  They just give me a commission out of their profit for sending them traffic.  How much?  The commissions range from 4% to around 8.5%.  As you can see, that’s not a ton, but I figured that I’m doing this research for myself anyway, and I might be able to provide a service to you and maybe make a few bucks for myself and my family from Amazon.  Sound like a fair trade?  Like I said, you pay the normal Amazon price.  I provide the research  Seems like a win/win situation to me.  I’ll be adding more comprehensive lists soon, so please bookmark this page!  I hope you will like the deals I find and will stop back often to look for new items.

Just Deliver My Perfume Please

The time has come to start thinking about purchasing presents for the holidays.  It used to be that type of pride in being a very efficient Christmas shopper.  I would pick up my last and accomplish all of my purchasing in one trip to the local mall and any other specialty shops that I needed to hit.  In recent years I have started changing my routine that.  I have found the day it so much easier and faster to just show up on line.

But really convinced me was when I started looking for perfumes and cologne that I wanted to purchase for a friend’s birthday.  To be honest with you, I don’t even know the difference between the two and shopping for them is not a favorite activity of mine.  When I get near the counter where they sell perfumes, my sense of smell feels like it is being overwhelmed by the samples wafting through the air all around me.  Perfume and cologne samples are great in moderation, but when they are mixed an matched all around me, I just can’t take it for too long.  After driving all over creation, and paying more than I really wanted to, I looked online and found the exact same product being sold for $10.00 less than I had spent.  In addition to the savings in dollars spent, I realized that the online sites had a better selection than I had been seeing on my trip and that I had spent hours of my time driving around and using up gasoline.  Just the cost of the gasoline I had to put into my car probably would have covered the shipping cost to get the product I wanted delivered right to my door.  Now, before it ever go out to purchase anything, I always check online to see if I can be decent deal.  If I do find a good price, it is worth it to me to pay few dollars for shipping to save myself 2 hours driving the car.

Although I still enjoy going and soaking up the holiday atmosphere during shopping season, it is much more enjoyable for me if I am not actually looking to purchase anything.  I can walk about and listen to Christmas music without having to actually enter the fray inside of the stores where people are pushing and shoving as they hurry along.  For me, shopping online is becoming just another normal part of life.

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